High school student builds a custom stroller to help wheelchair-bound-mom – YouTube.
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History of the holidays: Halloween
Some American cities abolish Columbus Day
Following a growing trend, the city council of Albuquerque, New Mexico has voted six to three to recognize October 12th – typically known to most as “Columbus Day” within the USA– as Indigenous Peoples’ day in a new proclamation. Albuquerque has the highest concentration of Indigenous people in New Mexico.
In the past two months, eight cities got rid of Columbus Day in favor of adopting Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Three of those cities adopted Indigenous Peoples’ Day this week.
Here are the names of those 8 cities:
Albuquerque (New Mexico), Lawrence (KS), Portland (OR), St. Paul (MN), Bexar County (TX), Anadarko (OK), Olympia (WA), Alpena (MI).
These cities are following in the footsteps of Seattle and Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City came close to passing it in September and will try to pass it again on October 13th, the day after the holiday.
This name change is a fantastic trend that needs to grow fast, but it needs to be followed up by concrete action and legislation. Nationwide (and worldwide – particularly in Latin American countries that have suffered from US-backed coups), indigenous people suffer from economic inequality, health problems, and human rights abuses. It’s time we celebrate their culture and tradition rather than their oppressors’, and it’s time we give back to those we’ve taken so much from.
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Michelle Obama tells girls to focus on education, not boys
I’m homeless, but I’m not…
Homeless people are also just people… we’re all human beings!
Egg Paratha roll recipe from India
Hundreds of migrants and refugees walk to Austria
Beauty tips by Reshma
After beeing disfigured in an acid attack, Reshna decided to make these beauty tips videos…
Beauty Tips by Reshma: How to get perfect red lips – YouTube.
Kid President – Awesome girls!
14-year-old boy arrested for building a clock
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14 year old boy, built a clock and brought it to school to impress his teacher. He was suspected of having built a bomb and was brought to the police station in handcuffs.
He was then released when the police realized he was just a clever kid who had built an ordinary clock.
He recieved a lot of support from all over the Internet, including messages from President Obama and MarkZuckenberg, and was invited to several outstanding technological and scientific institutions.
Ahmed Mohamed Was Arrested For A Clock And Then Broke The Internet – YouTube.
Soccer players scoring for refugees
A piece by Banksy
Missing girls in India
This art project by Leena Kejriwal aims to attract attention to girls being kidnapped in India (usually between 9 and 12 years old) to be used in sex trafficking.
Read more about this action here:
Be who you are – fight gender stereotypes
Woman chief in Mawali, Africa, bans child marriages and send the kids back to school
As Malawi’s Nyasa Times reports, in April, the African nation Malawi raised the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old. One might wonder, however, “What about the legions of underage children who were legally wed before the law took effect?
Well, one of the regional chiefs in Malawi – an elder woman who goes by the name Inkosi Kachindamoto – annulled the marriages of more than 300 youth in her district and sent them back to school.
In addition, she fired several village heads who had sanctioned the unions.
Child advocates around the world cheered on the effort to encourage girl education and abolish early marriages as soon as the news circulated.
Knowing the value education has in helping to empower citizens and strengthen the mind, the Senior chief terminated 330 marriages, of which 175 were girl-wives and 155 were boy-fathers. Those chldren were sent to school instead.
Said 18-year-old Malawian Memory Banda to The Guardian:
“Marriage is often the end for girls like me. But if our leaders will invest in us and give us the chance to be educated, we will become women who create a better society for everyone.”
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Turkish bride & groom feed 4,000 Syrian refugees on their wedding day
The cost of college
Racism is real
Americans try an English breakfast for the first time
Handicapped boy gets special zipped basketball shoes made by Nike
101 years old woman climbs down the Spinnaker Tower
▶ Oldest abseiler at 101 years old takes on the Spinnaker Tower – YouTube.
Vocabulary
Abseiling or rappelling is the technique of descending through the use of a fixed rope.